I love Westworld (and even like Futureworld) but how do you turn that into a weekly series? You can't have the robots go nuts every week, it would defy suspension of disbelief that people would still go to the resort. If you use it for a backdrop for other kinds of stories, then you have the problem of making a "holodeck series" where nothing is real.

To have recurring characters you care for, you have to focus on the people behind the scenes, rather than the guests. I supposed you could do a bit of "Fantasy Island" with a few staff you care about and the fantasy stories of the guests being the point of the series, with most of the guests discovering their fantasies aren't as fun to live out as they are to fantasize about but I think that would get old pretty fast.

You have to admit, though, the idea of a production company named "Bad Robot" doing a series about quite literally bad robots, is somewhat amusing.

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I love Westworld (and even like Futureworld) but how do you turn that into a weekly series? You can't have the robots go nuts every week, it would defy suspension of disbelief that people would still go to the resort. If you use it for a backdrop for other kinds of stories, then you have the problem of making a "holodeck series" where nothing is real.

To have recurring characters you care for, you have to focus on the people behind the scenes, rather than the guests. I supposed you could do a bit of "Fantasy Island" with a few staff you care about and the fantasy stories of the guests being the point of the series, with most of the guests discovering their fantasies aren't as fun to live out as they are to fantasize about but I think that would get old pretty fast.

One thing that Abrams is undeniably good at is unexpected twists on high concepts. (It's the execution that sometimes falls short.) So I assume that HBO didn't just throw a ton of money at him and say "Let's see what you can do with Westworld!", but rather, he came to them with an idea for Westworld that surprised them enough with its doability that they decided to throw a ton of money at him.

And since it seems that he will not be directly running the show, perhaps we'll get the best of both worlds...an Abrams concept which somebody else will take and run with.

I'm picturing a show like Fantasy Island. New people come every week to experience the place with a hidden dark side to what's going on. Maybe an employee or two "disappears" at first, then the guests start getting killed.

How do you hide the fact that guests or workers are dying? Create an android clone of them, send them home and have them die away from the park. Eventually some reporter will notice that previous guests of Westworld have been dying in single-car accidents or suicides at a way above average rate, usually with their bodies burnt or otherwise damaged almost beyond recognition.

And I think that's the key. The people behind Westworld are Up To Something, and Westworld is where they're testing their methods up. Our Heroes have to figure out what's going on (with lots of false leads and red herrings along the way, of course), and as the Big Picture comes into focus, figure out how to stop it.

I'm not sure how big a part the Special Guest Stars will or should play. Focusing too much on that aspect will give the show a campier, more 70s feel to it which I'm not sure would play well to today's audience.

Does anyone else think it's perfect that Westworld is going to be a "Bad Robot" production?

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